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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
November 16, 2018

Senator Hyde-Smith says comment on voters was taken out of context in published video

A video posted to social media by a liberal non-profit website in Louisiana on November 15 shows :18 seconds of Senator Hyde-Smith laughing and talking with supporters in Starkville, Mississippi. The video was published by Lamar White, Jr. of the Bayou Brief in Louisiana. Cindy Hyde-Smith on voter suppression: “And then they remind me, that…
News  |  Courtney Ingle  • 
November 16, 2018

MAE downplays Governor’s recommendation to raise teacher pay of $50 million over two years

The Mississippi Association of Educators has responded to the Governor’s newest budget recommendations for the fiscal year 2020, which would allocate $25 million dollars toward teacher pay raises per year for two years effective in July. The MAE released a statement on social media about the political nature of the raises and their timing, but…